I worked hard yesterday--7 hours straight with a break only long enough to go out and get my lunch from the car. The Finance Committee is meeting today and the budget had to be ready. We had a budget, based on other years', in a spreadsheet. The Board never approved it and no one but me has really studied it. I keep tweaking it, based on grants we get or don't get, but now it is going to be official. So Maureen, a board member, called me at 10 yesterday and asked when and where we were meeting. I said I am still waiting to hear back from the two places I called Friday. We don't have any conference room at the Shelter. All the offices are small and have one or two desks in them--one has a folding bed for the night staff. We do have some meetings here, but she wanted a place we could spread out. Then she asked me to email her a copy of the budget, which I had been entering in QuickBooks. I said I had just finished it and emailed it to her. Right away she responded that the numbers in this version did not match what we had sent her before. I was puzzled and studied it. Apparently, there were some items showing up (like a grant from DOL we had a few years ago) that I had not entered. I couldn't figure out how to get rid of them; she was a little puzzled too. After a few minutes she called me back. They were inactive items that had to be made active, then changed to zero, then made inactive. So, I did that and checked it all again, printed it out and went over it with Meredith. She was pretty happy. Most of our spending is about on target, with child care a little above where it should be, and personnel a little below. So we can hire a part-time volunteer coordinator starting when the interns leave (it will probably be one of the interns). So now we are ready for the Finance Committee meeting and have a place to hold it at 1 today. I am sure there will still be lots of questions--hopefully I can answer them.

On the other hand, Ray I were home a little before 4 and I spent an hour or so weeding with my Dad. My Mom worked some on supper; I made the rice pilaf. Captain brought in some lettuce and radishes and herbs. Ray washed them and made the salad. We also had mojitos with the mint from our yard. They were delicious.

Today Taylor brought in the yarn for a cat hoodie I am making for his cat, Darcy. It is very silly, but I don't mind. I started that last night, casting on and doing the first few rows.